2nd Lt VernondD. Anderson joined the Air Corps of the U.S. Army Reserve as an aviation cadet in Santa Ana, California on 5 January 1943. He attended college for 2 years.
He was the navigator of B-17 "Ugly Duckling" on a mission to bomb Deulag synthetic oil refinery in Misburg, Germany.
Statement of 2nd Lt Henry A. Skubik:
"Our formation was hit by flak around Zwolle. I saw one burst of flak directly beneath their wing. Immediately after the burst, the plane peeled off up and to the left of the formation. There was no visible fire or smoke. The next I heard, the pilot was calling on VHF, stating that he had a runaway prop and he could not feather it and he would try to make Belgium of France."
The entire crew bailed out safely but perished in the ice cold water of the lake.
On 29 June 1945 his body was picked up from the lake by a fisherman. He was initially buried in the Municipal Cemetery of Elburg in the Netherlands.
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Contributor: ET (47514618) •
He was the navigator of B-17 "Ugly Duckling" on a mission to bomb Deulag synthetic oil refinery in Misburg, Germany.
Statement of 2nd Lt Henry A. Skubik:
"Our formation was hit by flak around Zwolle. I saw one burst of flak directly beneath their wing. Immediately after the burst, the plane peeled off up and to the left of the formation. There was no visible fire or smoke. The next I heard, the pilot was calling on VHF, stating that he had a runaway prop and he could not feather it and he would try to make Belgium of France."
The entire crew bailed out safely but perished in the ice cold water of the lake.
On 29 June 1945 his body was picked up from the lake by a fisherman. He was initially buried in the Municipal Cemetery of Elburg in the Netherlands.
https://www.fieldsofhonor-database.com/index.php/en/american-war-cemetery-margraten-a/44490-anderson-vernon-d
Contributor: ET (47514618) •
2nd Lt VernondD. Anderson joined the Air Corps of the U.S. Army Reserve as an aviation cadet in Santa Ana, California on 5 January 1943. He attended college for 2 years.
He was the navigator of B-17 "Ugly Duckling" on a mission to bomb Deulag synthetic oil refinery in Misburg, Germany.
Statement of 2nd Lt Henry A. Skubik:
"Our formation was hit by flak around Zwolle. I saw one burst of flak directly beneath their wing. Immediately after the burst, the plane peeled off up and to the left of the formation. There was no visible fire or smoke. The next I heard, the pilot was calling on VHF, stating that he had a runaway prop and he could not feather it and he would try to make Belgium of France."
The entire crew bailed out safely but perished in the ice cold water of the lake.
On 29 June 1945 his body was picked up from the lake by a fisherman. He was initially buried in the Municipal Cemetery of Elburg in the Netherlands.
https://www.fieldsofhonor-database.com/index.php/en/american-war-cemetery-margraten-a/44490-anderson-vernon-d
Contributor: ET (47514618) •
He was the navigator of B-17 "Ugly Duckling" on a mission to bomb Deulag synthetic oil refinery in Misburg, Germany.
Statement of 2nd Lt Henry A. Skubik:
"Our formation was hit by flak around Zwolle. I saw one burst of flak directly beneath their wing. Immediately after the burst, the plane peeled off up and to the left of the formation. There was no visible fire or smoke. The next I heard, the pilot was calling on VHF, stating that he had a runaway prop and he could not feather it and he would try to make Belgium of France."
The entire crew bailed out safely but perished in the ice cold water of the lake.
On 29 June 1945 his body was picked up from the lake by a fisherman. He was initially buried in the Municipal Cemetery of Elburg in the Netherlands.
https://www.fieldsofhonor-database.com/index.php/en/american-war-cemetery-margraten-a/44490-anderson-vernon-d
Contributor: ET (47514618) •
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